It’s been three long years since Apple last updated the iPad Mini, but the company is finally turning the page on the sixth-gen model of its smallest tablet. The iPad Mini (seventh-gen) is launching October 23rd, with preorders now open at Apple, Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart. Prices start at $499 for the Wi-Fi-only 128GB configuration, which is double the previous generation’s starting storage. Back in 2021, the sixth-gen iPad Mini was a relatively big update for the dainty tablet, reflecting Apple’s latest design tenets. It got a slightly bigger display, USB-C, and second-gen Apple Pencil support, among other key changes. This year’s upgrade feels a little tamer in comparison. The highlight is the addition of Apple’s A17 Pro chip,...

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Apple’s new iPad Mini might be hogging the spotlight, but it’s not the only great tablet on the market. If you’re looking for a slate outside of Apple’s ecosystem, the original OnePlus Pad is a terrific Android tablet that OnePlus is selling for $359.99 ($120 off) — a new all-time low — until October 20th at 11:59PM ET. To make the deal even sweeter, OnePlus is also throwing in a free OnePlus Magnetic Keyboard worth $149.99. Note that to get the discount, you’ll have to apply the on-page coupon, which you can find when you click on the “Claim now” button under ”Check out all offers.” The last-gen tablet still offers excellent value for your money. Its MediaTek Dimensity 9000 processor is snappy enough, while the OnePlus Pad’s sharp...

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In Milan, the fashion house and Axiom Space have revealed how astronauts will be decked out on the lunar surface during the Artemis 3 mission in 2026.

From made-to-measure smart shades to retrofit curtain bots, these are our favorite WIRED-tested drapes for your windows.

Apple has resolved an issue preventing users on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac from downloading apps from the App Store. On Wednesday, reports of App Store issues started to mount on social media after the outage began at around 11AM ET. Several of us here at The Verge, including in the US and Europe, found that we weren’t able to download apps, either. When users pressed the “Get” button to install an app during the outage, the icon swirled briefly to indicate that it was loading. However, it then would revert to “Get,” leaving users unable to install the app they wanted. The install button seemed to start working normally again at around 12:30PM ET. Even though there were issues downloading apps, the App Store could still update previously...

The new Colorsoft Kindle is available to order for $279.

The man, whose body was donated to science, is only the second ever known case of triphallia in the world.

A reliable leaker has shared details and an image of an unannounced car charger from Anker that would be the first from the company to feature a retractable USB-C cable. As the proud owner of an eight-year-old minivan lacking modern amenities like built-in USB ports, this would be a welcome alternative to a glove box stuffed full of unraveled charging cables. The new Anker Nano car charger, which plugs into a vehicle’s auxiliary power outlet, will reportedly deliver up to 75W of power shared between a 30W USB-C port, and a 45W retractable cable with a USB-C connector on the end that’s almost 30 inches long, according to Reddit user joshuadwx. Pricing is expected to be somewhere between $30 an $40, while availability could be either later...

Elon Musk is going to spend the rest of this week stumping for former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, a battleground state that could decide the fate of the 2024 presidential election. Tomorrow night through Monday, I will be giving a series of talks throughout Pennsylvania.If you’d like to attend one of my talks, there’s no attendance fee. You just need to have signed our petition supporting free speech & right to bear arms & have voted in this election. https://t.co/2cjdY7oPtB Musk won’t be giving public speeches. Instead, he said he’ll be holding a “series of talks” in the swing state, which will be free to attend for anyone who has voted in the election and signed a petition being...

Save over $600 on a subwoofer and soundbar from JBL with detachable surround sound speakers.

Let them pick out their own hiking boots. Instead, try gifting a useful app or a nature journal to delight your outdoorsy friend.

It's been exactly one year since the initial announcement of the Analogue 3D, an HD-upscaled, FPGA-powered Nintendo 64 in the tradition of Analogue's long-running line of high-end retro machines. Today, Analogue is revealing more details about the hardware, which will sell for $250 and plans to ship in the first quarter of 2025 (a slight delay from the previously announced 2024 release plan). Like previous Analogue devices, the Analogue 3D uses a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) to simulate the actual logic gates found in original N64 hardware. That helps ensure 100 percent compatibility with the entire N64 cartridge library across all regions, Analogue promises, and should avoid the long-standing accuracy and lag issues inherent to most software-based emulation of the N64. To get that level of fidelity, the Analogue team spent four years programming an Altera Cyclone FPGA with a full 220,000 logic elements. That's a big step up from previous Analogue devices—the Analogue Pocket's main FPGA board featured just 49,000 logic elements three years ago. But the Analogue Pocket also included a second, 15,000-logic-element FPGA, which allowed it to run an expanding list of openFPGA cores to support games from other classic consoles. Read full article

The Analogue 3D can use a classic or redesigned Nintendo 64 controller, the only emulation is for classic CRT TV effects.

The next generation spacesuits will be worn by astronauts on the upcoming Artemis missions to the lunar surface.